Collecting Northwest Art.

I’ve mentioned this in the past, but not recently — I’m a collector of Northwest native art. Visiting the dealers and checking out what’s available isof the things Laurie and I do when we visit the great wet north.

One of the dealers I buy from occasionally (Rob Austin, aka Saltglaze on eBay) passed on an interesting piece on the totem pole from the Seattle times.

I do own one small totem, but in general, I’ve avoided buying them because so many of them are pretty badly done and aimed at tourists and the, um, “cruise ship” trade. But I’ve also always found the larger poles to have immense power and meaning.

Laurie and I have gotten more involved in collecting Inuit carvings the last few years, but I’m still always on the looking for quality additions to the collection, especially if I can find pieces by some of the younger artists that I think are going to become better known, not (just) for the investment value, but to help encourage the younger artists.

One of these years, I’ll get the collection online — all I need do is dig out frmo the time crunch (sigh)

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